Raw data for: Artificial snake hibernacula provide suitable microclimate but are not immediately adopted
Description
The two CSV files (Environmental Variation.csv, Temperature of Snakes.csv) contain the raw data used in the article “Artificial snake hibernacula provide suitable microclimate but are not immediately adopted”. Following an industrial disturbance, we used the establishment of two artificial hibernacula to evaluate the structures’ ability to buffer external conditions, match the thermal needs of Great Basin Gophersnakes (Pituophis catenifer deserticola), and monitor adoption by the original cohort of displaced snakes in the main hibernaculum. These data sets provide the microclimatic data of the two artificial hibernacula, external air temperature, snake body temperature, and snow depth over the two study years.
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To monitor the internal conditions of the artificial hibernacula, temperature and relative humidity data were collected hourly using HOBO U23 Pro v2 Temperature and Relative Humidity Data Loggers (ONSET, Bourne, MA, USA). The external air temperature around the study site was monitored hourly using HOBO TidbiT v2 Water Temperature Data Loggers (ONSET, Bourne, MA, USA). We assessed snow depth on top of and in front of both artificial hibernacula mouths by using stationed wildlife cameras (Reconyx, Holmen, WI, United States) to take pictures of positioned meter sticks every hour throughout winter. The internal temperature of snakes was monitored biweekly using temperature sensitive radiotelemetry (SB-2T 3.8g six-month battery, or SB-2T 5.2g 12-month battery; Holohil Systems Ltd., Carp, ON, Canada) during the 2021-2022 winter. In 2022-2023, SB-2T (12-month battery) transmitters with a temperature data logger (iButton DS1925L-F5 3g; Maxim Integrated Products Inc., San Jose, CA, United States) modification (9.5g) track hourly snake temperatures. For further details, see the original article.
Institutions
- Thompson Rivers University